Mount Rushmore

Cultural  

1. A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota noted for the huge portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt carved on it. Officially called Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

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Example Sentences

Knight added: "Rosetta sits on the Mount Rushmore of the founders of rock and roll, alongside the names we know."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

They also want to see Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Like, when did the Mount Rushmore just suddenly become Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Rachmaninoff — all the other names that we know?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

But as I’ve learned while researching my upcoming history of the memorial, Mount Rushmore has come to mean something different in the 100 years since Gutzon Borglum’s hike.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2025

And I would rather see a good Brady photograph than Mount Rushmore.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck